When Should You Prune Your Blueberries?

When Should You Prune Your Blueberries?

July 17, 2026 · 23 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the timing of pruning blueberry plants and factors influencing it.

I just finished pruning my blueberry plants. In July. WHAT?!? Aren’t you supposed to prune them in the winter? It depends. It depends on where you live, the type of blueberry plant you are growing, and whoever’s advice you want to follow. For the sake of reliability, we concentrate on the advice from University Extension publications from throughout the country in our zone by zone breakdown, below. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gardenbasics.substack.com/subscribe

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